From ArtNewspaper February 3, 2019 British Museum teams up with Louvre for revamp of Egyptian Museum in Cairo But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London GARETH HARRIS 29th January 2019 12:38 GMT Ancient statues inside the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Photo: Ovedc The British Museum will participate in an ambitious €3.1m […]
From Apollo Magazine 01-02-2019 COMMENT The pyramids at Giza looked very different when they were first built Garry Shaw 30 JANUARY 2019 The Pyramid of Khafre (left) and the Great Pyramid of Giza (right), photographed in October 2018. Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images SHARE TWITTER FACEBOOK LINKEDIN EMAIL In February, a large block of the Great […]
KUNST HOE ONDERSCHEID JE KUNST VAN KITSCH OP BROCANTE MARKTEN: #2 MUNTEN EN VOORWERPEN UIT DE KLASSIEKE OUDHEID 27 JUL 2018 Wat is er leuker dan lekker struinen tussen oude spullen op brocantes? Wij Nederlanders zijn er dol op en vooral op vakantie is het een favoriete bezigheid. Hoe je die parel tussen de prullaria […]
Potty about pictures: ancient Athenian vases are an important historical resource—but this book fails to deliver Large gaps in the material and a lack of thorough explanation make this volume less useful than it could be JOHN BOARDMAN 6th August 2018 12:40 GMT Ancient Attic red figure Kylix. A man with a lyre and a […]
Turkey’s Göbekli Tepe: is this the world’s first architecture? Scholars say the organisation needed to build the 12,000-year-old temple may mark the beginnings of class society and patriarchy ROBERT BEVAN 3rd August 2018 10:06 GMT The 12,000-year-old site in south-east Turkey is being considered for Unesco World Heritage listing Courtesy of Teomancimit At around 12,000 […]
35ste Jubileum ‘Tussen Kunst & kitsch’ in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Early images of damage caused by Isil at Palmyra’s Roman theatre after the city was retaken by Syrian and Russian forces in March 2017 Syrian Ministry of Culture, Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums The destruction of Syria’s heritage over the past eight years is the subject of a significant show due to open at the […]
ANCIENT AND FUTURE ANTIQUITY TEFAF 2018 will be the 25th Anniversary for Kunsthandel Mieke Zilverberg on this great fair in Maastricht. For this occasion we invited the famous photographer Jimmy Nelson to exhibit some of his latest works in stand 437. Jimmy’s dream has always been to create awareness about our world’s indigenous cultures through […]
TEFAF Maastricht 2018 – Please note the Change of Dates: Please be advised that the PRIVATE VIEW is now spread over 2 days and the public opening is now on Saturday. Thursday 8 March from 10 am to 7 pm : EARLY ACCESS DAY : this is for VIP card holders only and we are […]